Quant Finance news — Tuesday 27 October 2026

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 20:55 UTC

Robinhood’s blockchain boosted crypto revenue, while prediction markets brought in $173 million in the third quarter.

Finextra 20:53 UTC

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Finextra 19:46 UTC

The first wave of finance AI helped teams work faster. The next is taking responsibility for the work itself. Hyphenate, the autonomous finance platform for the office of the CFO, today announced a $45 million Series A led by Nexus Venture…

Alpha Architect 19:30 UTC

Financial advice is often evaluated through the lens of investment performance. Do advisors help clients earn higher returns, select better funds, or avoid costly mistakes? Much of the academic literature has focused on the potential…

Finextra 19:14 UTC

Visa and Mastercard are facing two proposed UK class-action lawsuits seeking billions of pounds for allegedly unlawful consumer card fees.

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 18:51 UTC

The CFTC is escalating its legal fight with states, suing Utah after the state filed a lawsuit against prediction market platform Kalshi.

Finextra 17:08 UTC

Today, Anthropic announced the next phase of Claude for Financial Advisors, introducing new integrations with FINNY, Jump and Conquest that bring prospecting intelligence, client meeting context and financial planning capabilities directly…

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 17:07 UTC

The contracts have no expiration date and allow traders to bet on crypto prices rising or falling.

Finextra 17:06 UTC

NinjaTrader Group, a global leader in retail futures trading, today announced its launch in the United Kingdom, marking the next phase of its global expansion following its earlier 2026 expansion into Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands…

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 16:59 UTC

Cancore, a Canton-based trading platform connecting assets on the network with liquidity on public blockchains, has raised $7.2 million in seed funding. Paper Ventures, dao5, ArkStream Capital, X Ventures, MH Ventures and Proof of Talk…

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 15:35 UTC

SoFi broke out crypto products for the first time. Gross crypto revenue rose 20%, while total net revenue hit a record $1.39 billion.

Finextra 15:32 UTC

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Finextra 15:16 UTC

Digital asset infrastructure firm Ripple has been granted approval to establish a national trust bank and struck separate partnerships agreements with BNY and Robinhood.

Finextra 15:10 UTC

BitGo Bank & Trust, National Association (“BitGo Bank & Trust”), an OCC-regulated digital asset trust bank and a subsidiary of BitGo Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BTGO) (“BitGo”), the digital asset infrastructure company, today announced that…

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 15:01 UTC

BNY adds XRP and RLUSD to its custody platform, as Ripple and C2FO test settling invoice payments on the XRP Ledger.

Finextra 15:00 UTC

At Sibos 2026, Red Hat and Accenture talk about how open source transparency and industry collaboration drive secure AI innovation in banking.

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 14:39 UTC

Galaxy returned to profitability in the third quarter as trading volumes and lending increased, with a new $200 million buyback authorized.

Finextra 14:34 UTC

Zafin, a Toronto-based AI platform for regulated institutions such as banks, has inked a deal to buy Naehas, a provider of offer management, disclosure automation and marketing compliance technology serving financial institutions in the US.

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 14:32 UTC

The company plans to expand its AI business and hire about 12 people by year-end, COO Ethan Vera told The Block.

Finextra 14:30 UTC

Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ: SEZL) (Sezzle or Company) today announced that it has filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to charter a national bank, Sezzle Bank, N.A. and applied to the Federal Deposit…

Finextra 14:28 UTC

Nuuvia, the leading, go-to youth banking platform designed specifically for community banks and credit unions, today announced that it is collaborating with Jack Henry to help financial institutions more effectively engage the next…

Finextra 14:26 UTC

PayQuicker, a leading global payouts orchestration platform, today announced the appointment of Tyron Bennion as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO).

Finextra 14:24 UTC

Webull Securities (Canada) Ltd, an online investment platform and subsidiary of Webull Corporation (NASDAQ: BULL), today announced that Canadian investors can now connect their Webull accounts to AI assistants, including ChatGPT…

Finextra 14:22 UTC

I&M Bank, a leading Tier 1 commercial bank headquartered in Kenya, has partnered with Otoma, a leading provider of AI native, no-code payments infrastructure, to modernize its end to end payments technology, enhancing the speed…

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 14:14 UTC

Crypto market structure is the architecture behind digital asset markets. It explains who participates, where trades happen, how liquidity forms, how prices are discovered, how derivatives and funding rates work, and how market design…

Finextra 13:44 UTC

The Bank of England has instigated a review into how Revolut's product approval process works, according to the Financial Times.

Finextra 13:13 UTC

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Finextra 13:11 UTC

TBC Bank Uzbekistan (TBC UZ), the country’s leading digital bank and part of the TBC Uzbekistan digital financial ecosystem, today brings its customers Apple Pay, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that helps customers avoid…

Finextra 13:11 UTC

Veengu and FinOn have announced a technology partnership aimed at helping banks, payment service providers (PSPs) and fintech companies build and manage merchant acquiring operations with greater flexibility and control.

Finextra 13:09 UTC

Chetwood Bank, the UK-based digital challenger bank, has been selected to participate in the second cohort of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Scale-up Unit.

Finextra 13:06 UTC

Tandems, an AI-native wealth operating system for financial advisors, today announced the launch of Hamilton, a new AI assistant that can handle up to 80% of a financial advisor’s daily tasks.

Finextra 13:05 UTC

MQube, the mortgage technology company, has adopted Brett’s agentic AI platform to transform how its marketing team operates, using specialised AI agents to increase capacity, accelerate execution and compete with the marketing operations…

Finextra 13:03 UTC

ProAllocate today announced the launch of its AI-native research platform for professional investors and asset allocators, aiming to make the views of global asset managers not only searchable, but research-able.

Finextra 12:30 UTC

Transaction Network Services (TNS) has enhanced its Payment Orchestration platform with smart routing capabilities that help businesses improve payment performance, optimize transaction costs and maintain greater control over how payments…

Finextra 12:28 UTC

LMS, the UK’s leading provider of conveyancing services, has partnered with Veyco to introduce Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), enabling participating lenders and law firms to offer customers a faster, digital way to sign mortgage…

Finextra 12:26 UTC

Planet, a global provider of payments and software for retail and hospitality, has partnered with embedded financing platform YouLend to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Europe access working capital when they need it…

Finextra 12:24 UTC

FinScan, an Innovative Systems solution and leading provider of advanced anti-money laundering (AML) compliance solutions, has signed UK-based Brickwood Asset Management to support the ongoing screening of issuers held within its funds and…

Finextra 12:21 UTC

DXtrade, the flagship white-label, multi-asset trading platform from global software developer for the capital markets, Devexperts, has integrated with cryptocurrency trading platform, KuCoin, for its market-leading liquidity services.

Finextra 12:19 UTC

Noda, an open banking technology provider, has launched BIN-to-Bank to help online merchants reduce payment processing costs and exposure to card chargebacks.

Finextra 12:17 UTC

Crown Agents Bank Limited (“CAB”), the UK-regulated bank specialising in emerging markets, is providing YeePay, a leading enterprise payment solutions provider, with wholesale foreign exchange solutions across G10 currencies.

Finextra 12:14 UTC

SpareBank 1 is committed to providing its customers with clearer, more intuitive payment information, taking a significant step forward with a new initiative enabled by Visa and supported by Snowdrop Solutions, a leading provider of…

Finextra 12:11 UTC

Mbanq is providing the banking technology and infrastructure behind a major modernization program for a network of more than 40 credit unions in Haiti, working through its client and local technology partner TekNsol.

Finextra 12:10 UTC

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a global leader in transforming the way people bank and shop, and Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEFT), a global payments infrastructure company and leader in payments processing and cross-border…

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 12:05 UTC

Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe proposed ending automatic grants funding, citing a treasury valuation of more than $125 million.

Finextra 11:00 UTC

At Sibos 2026, NatWest’s Simon Eacott reveals how commercial models, A2A payments, and AI can drive open banking to the next level.

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 10:57 UTC

Ark Invest rebalanced its fund weightings, adding Circle shares and trimming its Bitcoin ETF holdings as BTC fell below $80,000.

Finextra 10:00 UTC

Data from Global Canopy revealed that nature loss could put 140 million jobs across the EU, UK, and Switzerland at risk, equivalent to 60% of the workforce in the region.

Finextra 09:59 UTC

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Finextra 09:34 UTC

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Finextra 08:00 UTC

Backbase today introduced Delivery Factory, an AI software factory purpose-built for banking, in which a bank's delivery team works alongside specialist AI agents from the first agreed requirement to working code.

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 06:28 UTC

Mizuho cited 10-20% medium-term reserve revenue downside risk as AI agents steer USDC holders toward higher-yielding fiat alternatives.

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 03:58 UTC

StoneX has raised its price target for bitcoin treasury company Strive to $43 from $32 and reiterated its Buy rating on the stock.

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 02:28 UTC

Ripple's structure places reserve management and custody under federal supervision while leaving issuance with the New York-regulated entity.

The Block (Crypto／Fintech) 01:00 UTC

BlackRock, SBI Holdings, and Startale will explore connecting tokenized money market funds with SBI's Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin JPYSC.

Finextra 00:01 UTC

Rimes, a leading provider of enterprise data management and investment intelligence solutions to the global investment community, today announced a strategic partnership with FundGuard, the cloud-native investment accounting platform, to…

Finextra 00:01 UTC

Mastercard is targeting the creator community through a partnership with Beast Industries, the company founded by YouTube superstar MrBeast.

Finextra 00:01 UTC

CapitalOS, a money orchestration layer for B2B platforms, has raised $21.9 million in Series A funding.